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2000 - Cholera in South Africa - Update 3

As of 26 October 2000 the Kwazulu-Natal Department of
Health has reported 3 806 cases and 33 deaths since the start of the outbreak in
mid-August 2000 (see previous report).

The outbreak in Kwazulu-Natal is affecting the following
areas: Lower Umfolozi districts which include Ngwelezane and Empangeni, Eshowe/Nkandla
areas, Durban, KwaDukuza/Stanger area, Jozini and Port Shepstone. The three cases reported
from Durban are imported cases.